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ysabetwordsmithToday I started making liquid fertilizer from Russian comfrey. Begin with Part 1: Jugs. With those done, I harvested leaves.
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ysabetwordsmithToday I started making liquid fertilizer from Russian comfrey. This plant fills a lot of guild roles in permaculture including fertilizer, miner, mulcher, protector, attractor. I have been using it primarily as a bee plant that I can also slash-and-drop several times a season. I grow it under many of my trees and there's some in the prairie garden too.
There are various ways to make liquid fertilizer from comfrey. I will be testing two: 1) a small amount of comfrey leaves in a large amount of water, and 2) only comfrey leaves crammed tightly in a jug. (See Part 2: Leaves.)
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There are various ways to make liquid fertilizer from comfrey. I will be testing two: 1) a small amount of comfrey leaves in a large amount of water, and 2) only comfrey leaves crammed tightly in a jug. (See Part 2: Leaves.)
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How to Make a Mosquito Bucket of Doom
May. 24th, 2025 04:02 pmysabetwordsmithI found this article about making a Mosquito Bucket of Doom.
1) Fill a bucket with water and put it outside.
2) Add a handful of grass to make carbon dioxide which will attract more mosquitoes.
3) There are two options to kill the resulting larvae.
-- Dump the bucket weekly and refresh the trap with new water and grass.
-- Add a mosquito dunk, which lasts about a month. Replace whenever it sinks or dissolves.
Also, make sure there are no other pockets of still water to attract mosquitoes elsewhere in your yard. Every bit that you can find and remove is one less mosquito nest.
1) Fill a bucket with water and put it outside.
2) Add a handful of grass to make carbon dioxide which will attract more mosquitoes.
3) There are two options to kill the resulting larvae.
-- Dump the bucket weekly and refresh the trap with new water and grass.
-- Add a mosquito dunk, which lasts about a month. Replace whenever it sinks or dissolves.
Also, make sure there are no other pockets of still water to attract mosquitoes elsewhere in your yard. Every bit that you can find and remove is one less mosquito nest.
How to Secure Trough Pots to a Bench
May. 14th, 2025 12:37 amysabetwordsmithToday's project was filling a set of trough pots and securing them to the benches of the new picnic table. (This is from Tuesday, but it's after midnight so the date reads Wednesday. See some "before" pictures.) There are 6 troughs total, although one already had wild strawberries in it from earlier. Each bench holds 3 troughs. I got these and a bunch of other pots when Big Lots went out of business.
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